<s>
Star	B-Device
Saga	I-Device
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
video	O
games	O
which	O
combine	O
a	O
computerized	O
game	O
arbiter	O
with	O
a	O
game	O
board	O
and	O
books	O
of	O
printed	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Device
Saga	I-Device
:	I-Device
One	I-Device
-	I-Device
Beyond	I-Device
The	I-Device
Boundary	I-Device
,	O
released	O
in	O
1988	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
a	O
short-lived	O
series	O
of	O
science	O
fiction	O
adventure/role	O
-playing	O
games	O
by	O
Masterplay	O
Publishing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
title	O
,	O
Star	B-Application
Saga	I-Application
:	I-Application
Two	I-Application
-	I-Application
The	I-Application
Clathran	I-Application
Menace	I-Application
was	O
the	O
sequel	B-Language
,	O
released	O
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Star	B-Device
Saga	I-Device
was	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
trilogy	O
,	O
Masterplay	O
went	O
out	O
of	O
business	O
before	O
the	O
third	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
leaving	O
only	O
Star	B-Device
Saga	I-Device
:	I-Device
One	I-Device
-	I-Device
Beyond	I-Device
the	I-Device
Boundary	I-Device
and	O
Star	B-Application
Saga	I-Application
:	I-Application
Two	I-Application
-	I-Application
The	I-Application
Clathran	I-Application
Menace	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
computer	O
software	O
(	O
which	O
acts	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
game	O
master	O
"	O
or	O
moderator	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
)	O
,	O
Star	B-Device
Saga	I-Device
ships	O
with	O
a	O
large	O
color	O
fold-out	O
map	O
,	O
six	O
colored	O
tokens	O
that	O
players	O
use	O
to	O
move	O
around	O
the	O
map	O
,	O
and	O
thirteen	O
booklets	O
containing	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
888	O
numbered	O
passages	O
of	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
playing	O
Star	B-Device
Saga	I-Device
,	O
each	O
player	O
physically	O
plots	O
his	O
or	O
her	O
moves	O
on	O
the	O
map	O
,	O
then	O
enters	O
these	O
movements	O
and	O
other	O
desired	O
actions	O
into	O
the	O
Star	B-Device
Saga	I-Device
computer	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Device
Saga	I-Device
was	O
hailed	O
as	O
being	O
completely	O
new	O
and	O
different	O
from	O
games	O
which	O
came	O
before	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
attributing	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
success	O
to	O
its	O
decision	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	O
;	O
Greenberg	O
stated	O
"	O
We	O
followed	O
the	O
'	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
Forever	O
 '	O
hype	O
into	O
oblivion	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
has	O
nonetheless	O
said	O
that	O
,	O
of	O
the	O
various	O
games	O
he	O
worked	O
on	O
,	O
Star	B-Device
Saga	I-Device
was	O
the	O
one	O
he	O
is	O
the	O
most	O
proud	O
of	O
,	O
much	O
more	O
so	O
than	O
his	O
commercially	O
more	O
successful	O
Wizardry	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
